Improvement in carriages for plows



i UNITED STATES VPATENT OFFICE.- i

SPENCER B. PEUGH, OF SALEM, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT IN CARRIAGES FOR PLOWS.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 155,040,l dated September 15, 1874; application filed July 14, 1874.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SPENCER B. PEUGH, of Salem, in the county of Washington and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in a Carriage for Plows; and I hereby declare the following to be a full and clear description of the same.

This improvement relates to an arrangement of the wheels of the carriage in such a manner as to permit a change of their direction with reference to the axial line of themachine, so as to cause the Wheels to carry the plows straight ahead in a right line, or obliquely to either side, as occasion may require, in plowing in irregular or crooked rows, as is frequently necessary in the cultivation of crops.

The invention will be readily understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, of which- Figure I is a plan of a plow-carriage having the improved vadjustable arrangement of the wheels, a portion of the top bar of the frame being broken away to disclose the operative parts. The dotted lines in thisV gure show the oblique direction of the wheels. Fig. II is a sectional elevation of the saine, taken on the line w a: of Fig. I. Fig. III is a rear view of one of the stirrups.

The frame A maybe suited to any kind of plows; but the improvement herein described is especially desirable in cultivator-plows.

The Wheels B are placed on the short arms or axles b, the said arms being iixed to the rocking posts C. The posts C have journals on both their ends, and the journals on the top ends have their bearings in the frame A, while those on the lower ends have their bearings in the stirrups D, attached to the said frame. An arm, c, is securely ixed to the post C near its top end, and projecting thence a short distance forward or backward is, at its outer end, hinged or jointed by suitable means to a connectingrod, E. Y

This arrangement of the arms and connectin g-rodsis similar for both wheels; and the two interior ends ofthe rods E extend to near the center of the machine, where they are attached, by suitable pivot or hinge joints, to the rocking lever F,.the arms of which may be operated by either the feet or the hands of the person in charge, as the machine may beeither a walking or a riding one.

By the depression of the lever F with the hand or foot on either side, as the occasion may require, the said lever, acting' on the post C through the connecting-rods E, turns the posts as aforesaid, and the wheels, revolving on the arms b, are thus turnedin the direction required, and the machine is made to travel obliquely or straight ahead, as the operator may desire. p

The wheels may be adjusted as to height, to suit dierent purposes, by placing the arms bin either of the holes b of the posts C, as may be desired, the said arms being secured in place by means of screw-nuts on their back ends.

What I desire to claim is In an agricultural implement, the combination of wheels B, axles b, rocking posts C,

crank-arms c, connecting-rods E, and lever F,

substantially as and for the purpose described.

SPENCER B. PEUGH.

Witnesses:

WAEDER W. STEVENS, AEON A.V CRAvENs. 

